Water activity

Venice: Private Ghost Tour and Gondola Ride

Water activity

Venice: Private Ghost Tour and Gondola Ride

From US$ 266.64 per person

Explore the dark side of Venice on a private, 2 hour ghost tour, and hear stories from its bloody past. Keep a lookout for ghouls down gloomy alleys. Then, explore the silent labyrinth of canals by boat! Sail under the Bridge of Sighs, and more.

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Duration 2 hours
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English, Spanish, French
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Experience

Highlights
  • Explore the darker side of Venice on an after dark ghost tour
  • Glide along the silent canals by gondola
  • Hear tales from the bloodied history of the Venetian Empire
  • Keep a lookout for the ghost of the Doge at the Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo
  • Sail under the Bridge of Sighs
Full description
Venture into the darker side of Venice on a private ghost tour after dark, and hear stories from its bloody past as you creep down dank alleys that still fire the imagination. Meet your guide in the shadows of the church of San Giacomo di Rialto, before walking to the Rialto Bridge. They will take you through a mass of spooky alleys, telling of the spirits that lurk in hidden doorways along the way. Learn about the ghosts of the Campo della Fava. Go to Marco Polo’s house and hear about his Chinese wife. Visit San Gallo, site of one of the most terrible murders in the history of the city, and where the famous sculptor Antonio Canova died. If that’s not enough to get your heart racing, take a 30-minute gondola ride through the network of silent canals. Keep your nerve as the only noise you hope to hear will be the sound of paddles touching water… Your guide will continue to spook you as you sail under the Bridge of Sighs, where captured criminals took their final walk. Cruise into the Campiello Querini, and see the Bell Tower in Santa Maria Formosa, designed to scare off the Devil. End at Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo, where the ghost of the Doge continues to haunt the city to this day!
Includes
  • Reservation and administration fees
  • Guide
  • 30-minute gondola ride

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Meeting point

Meet your guide at Campo San Giacometto in front of the church, San Giacometto di Rialto, address: Campo San Giacometto 1. Your guide will hold a LivItaly sign.

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Customer reviews

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The tour was boring, and the stories were not captivating. Our guide was a lovely person, and she was doing her best, but the program was terrible, and the narrative did not flow. However, the gondola part was predictably excellent.

September 30, 2021

It was amazing. Our guide was such an open, friendly and interesting person that we barely could stop talking at the end. The stories we were told were so engaging, and the additional infos about the culture as a whole, the life in Vanice nowadays and even architectural development were so interesting! 10/10 we'd do this again!

August 10, 2021

Guide Francesca knows her Venice, friendly and receptive to requests

February 23, 2019

Product ID: 47765